She continued, “I only heard what Harvey wanted people to hear, and that made me so f–king angry. People would say, ‘Well, you know how she got that role? She f–ked Harvey.’ I would say, ‘Shut the f–k up. You don’t know that.’ Then, later, to find out that woman was brutally attacked … They didn’t sleep with Harvey. Harvey wanted you to think that.”

Dozens of women — including big names such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie — have come forward since the fall, accusing Weinstein, 66, of sexual misconduct. In Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped one woman and sexually assaulted another woman.

Bullock said she was “really, really scared” for the “brave people” who first spoke out against him.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is amazing, but f–k, f–k, f–k, what if it doesn’t work? Please God, let it not swing the other way.’ We’re in such uncharted territory right now. I’ve seen a lot of fear and a lot of men of a certain generation not understanding,” Bullock said.

In a statement, Weinstein’s attorney Benjamin Brafman, said, “By her own admission, Harvey Weinstein never had an unpleasant interaction with Sandra Bullock. Indeed, from a review of her correspondence with Mr. Weinstein, it would appear that she had a warm pleasant relationship with him and even his daughter going back many years. Accordingly, with all due respect to Ms Bullock, it is not right for her to take unproven ‘allegations’ and republicize them in an effort to deprive Mr Weinstein of due process and possibly a fair trial that every citizen in this great country is entitled to. In America, the presumption of ‘innocence’ is supposed to have meaning. When piling on becomes the norm simply because it seems to be the politically correct or fashionable thing to do, we all lose, including Ms Bullock.”

In the wake of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movement, Bullock has seen a change on film sets.

“I saw a tremendous amount of fear from men on set. In the end, I said, ‘I know you’re scared, but I feel safe, so you can make some jokes now. But f you cross the line, I will f–k you up,'” she recalled.

Humor has often helped Bullock through “tricky situations,” and she recounted a specific incident early in her career which did not involved Weinstein.

“It came from a person of authority. I kept deflecting it with humor and it didn’t work. Finally, I said, ‘Please, just fire me,'” Bullock said. “It was a lesson. After that, I tended to remove anything that could be misconstrued as sexual. I locked it down.”